Game of cards



1. K. FITZGERALD.

GAME OF CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, I919.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES JAMES K. FITZGERALD,

OF REPUBLIC. KANSAS.

' GAME OF CARDS.

Application filed June 28. 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, James K. FrrzGnRALn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Republic, in the county of Republic and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games of Cards, of which the following is a specification.

The general object of my invention is the provision of a game of cards calculated to exemplify warfare such as practised in the late world war, and also calculated to excite the interest of and afford amusement to the players involved.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the game of cards as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings hereby made a part hereof, in which:

Figures 1 to S are face views of the eight high-trump cards comprised in my novel pack or deck.

Fig. 9 is a face view of one of the suit cards of which ten are to be provided.

Fig. 10 is a face View of another suit card of which there will be ten in the deck.

ll 11 is a face view of a third suit card of which ten will be included in the deck.

Fig. 12 is a face view of a fourth suit card of which ten will likewise be employed.

Fig. 13 is a view showing the back common to all of the cards.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

While I denominat'e the cards shown in Figs, 1 to l as high-trump cards, it is not to be understood that each have the same value. On. the other hand, I would make clear that the card 1 is the superior card, and that the other cards 2, 3 and 4t, shown in Figs. 2 to 4, are sub-superior cards in the order named- 6., the card 2 is superior to the card 3, and the card 3 i. superior to the card l. The superior card 1 bears on its face the picture of a tank and also bears in its corners figures, such as 5, underneath of each of which is the inscription First high trump. The card 2 beers on its face the picture of av bombing aeroplane together with figures. such as l, in its corners, underneath of which is the inscription Second high trump On its face the card 3 bears the picture of a United States battle-ship together with figures. such as 3, in its corners under each of which is the inscription Third high trump. The face of the card Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Hole. '8. 13321.

Serial No. 307.287.

4 bears the picture of a British battle-ship together with figures such as 2 in its corners. under each of which figures is the inscription Fourth high trump.

The group of four cards shown in Figs. 5 to 8 are what I denominate count-oil? cards, and are individually characterized as shown-z'-. a, the card 5 bears 011 its face the picture of an Err-Kaiser, together with figures such as 5 under each of which. is the inscription I la-Kaiser. the card 6 bears on its face the picture of a general ofiicer in command together with figures such as 3 in its corners under each of which is the inscription First oiiicer. The card 7 bears on its face the picture of a Crown Prince plus figures such as 2, in its corners, under each of which is the inscription Crown prince, and the card 8 bears on its face the picture of a general officer second in command, associated with figures, such as 1, in its corners, under each of which figures is the inscription Second oflicer.

Each of the cards 9 bears on its face the picture of a cannon, and also bears in opposite corners its particular number (1) for instance. The ten cards of the cannon suit will be numbered in regular sequence from 1. to 10, and the same is true of the ten cards in each of the suits 10, 11. and 12. The cards 10 of the submarine suit are commonly characterized by the picture of a submarine on the face of the cards, under which is the name Submarine. The picture of a machine gun, together with the name Machine gun is the characteristic of the ten machine gun cards 11, while the picture of a destroyer, together with the name Destroyer under the picture, are the charac' teristics of the ten destroyer cards 12.

Fig. 13 simply shows the back that common to all of the cards of the deck or pack: it being understood in this connection that the back may be of any suitable description, though I prefer the large initial letter W. because of its political significance.

As the number it bears imports, the first high trump card 1 which is superior to all other cards, counts 5, the sub-superior high trump card 2 counts l; the second sub-su perior high trump card 3 counts 3, and the third sub-superior high trump card 4 counts 2. It will also be understood that the superior card 1 when played will take any other card or cards, the card 2 when played will take any other card or cards except the card 1; the card 3 when played will take any other card or cards excepting card 1 or card 2; the card l when played will take any other card or cards except either of the cards 1, 2 and 8. The Ex-Kaiser card 5 when played counts oil' 5 for the party who takes it. The Ex-Crown Prince card '7 when played counts off 2 for the player who takes it; the First in Command card 6 counts oil 3 for the player taking it, and the Second in Command card 8 counts off 1 for the player who takes it. The count-off cards 5 m8 will not take any superior or sub-superior cards. It will be understood, however, with respect to the count-off cards, that the Err-Kaiser card 5 will take any of the count-off cards; the First in Command count-oil card will take any of the count-ofi cards except the Ex-Kaiser card 5; the Ex-Crown Prince card 7 when played with count-oil cards only will take the Second in Command card 8, and the Second in Command card 8 will lack the capacity of taking any card.

In the playing of my novel game of cards, after the requisite shufliing the cards are dealt in accordance with the following rule: when two, three or four persons are playing, nine cards are dealt to each player. The person at the left of the dealer elects the trump. A player holding high trumps and count-elf cards should retain the same. For instance if the trump is cannons, it is the policy of the players to discard all cards except cannons and any high trump and countoff cards that may occur in their hands. After the discard the dealer supplies each player with enough cards to -make up a quota of six in each hand. If any player should happen to have more than six cards comprising high trumps, count-oil cards and cannon cards, it would be good policy for him to reduce the number to six by discarding cannon cards. The 3s, 5s and 7s are count cards, irrespective of the "trump named. For example, if the trump is cannone, the 3s, 5s and 7s of the cannon suit would be count cards and will count their face value for the player taking them. The number 7 trump card is superior to any number less than 7 aside from the high trump cards. The number 10 trump card is superior to and will take any card excepting 1 of the high trump cards. Any trump card will take any other card regardless of number, excepting high trump card. This will be better understood when it is stated that if the destroyers are trumps and any number of cannon or machine gun or submarine card is played, any number of card of the destroyer suit will take a card of any one of the other suits. The player who elects the trump should always lead with a trump card, and a good playing opponent should follow with trumps, count-off cards or high trumps, as the state or character of his hand indicates. After one trick has been taken, the party taking the trick assumes the lead. Such party may lead with any card he wishes, but it is to be understood hat the other players must follow suit or play trumps if they have any trump cards. For instance if destroyers are trumps and can nons are led, he players must, under the rules, play either cannons or destroyers or high trumps or count-off cards. If nothing is played excepting cannons and count-off cards, the cannon card of the highest denomination enables its player to take the trick.

When the game is to be played by more than four persons, the deal is six cards to each player, and the player holds the deal and plays therefrom without being supplied with other cards. Any number up to eight can play when six cards are dealt to each player.

The goal to be attained is 58 points, and the player who first gains that number of points wins the game.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that my novel game of cards may be produced as inexpensively as any card game, and that because of the significance of the cards, the game is calculated during the playing thereof to excite the interest of the players and thereby afford abundant ma terial for pleasant conversation. This will be better understood when it is stated that the Err-Kaiser, First Ufficer, ExCrown Prince and Second Oihcer cards 5, 6, 7 and S, constitute quarries, the taking of any one of which will give rise to pleasant comment.

Having described my invention, what I claim ano desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

A deck of game cards comprising suits representing different arms of the armed service of a country, each suit including cards of consecutively increasing value, a group of count-off cards bearing the names of war leaders and numbered consecutively and according to the prominence of such leaders, and a second group of cards corre spending in number to the count-off group and including a superior card and a-plurality of sub-superior cards, each card of he lastnamed group bearing a war-time factor and being numbered consecutively, he nunr ber of each card corresponding in size to the importance of the factor it bears.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES K. FITZGERALD. 

